shut up

verb

1. tr to prevent all access to
2. tr to confine or imprison
3. informal.
   to cease to talk or make a noise or cause to cease to talk or make a noise: often used in commands
4. intr (of horses in a race) to cease through exhaustion from maintaining a racing pace

Example Sentences

Implicit in many discussions about "unity" was a hope that all those liberals would shut up, bend the knee, go back into the closet, or whatever else it takes to hide or eradicate difference.

From Salon

Or maybe, like Rogan, they are just deluded enough to think that Trump will shut up now that he got what he wanted.

From Salon

You do not shut up shop and give the momentum back.

From BBC

Many men do this, and as some of them are my friends, so I can tell you they don't shut up about how well they clean up on the dating market because of it.

From Salon

“I talk a lot now. But I used to sit down and shut up and listen to them. Because old people know what they are talking about, they’ve been there. All of the young brothers that call Louis Armstrong a ‘Tom’ and all that stuff.

From Los Angeles Times